References for Central Houston's November 2025 Death Cafe
A write up of Central Houston’s Monthly Death Cafe - November 2025
Central Houston's November 2025 Death Cafe
We had around 12 people join in the conversation this month.
Below you can find links to various things mentioned during the dialogue.
If there is something missing from my list you'd like to add and easily share with the group, just leave a public comment in the box at the bottom of this page.
Local groups & resources
-National Museum of Funeral History
https://nmfh.org/
- San Antonio Day of the Dead | Día de los Muertos
https://muertosfest.com/
- Omega House Hospice
https://avenue360.org/houston-clinic-locations/montrose/
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/omega-house
- First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston
https://firstuu.org/home/
- Standardized Patient Program | Medical Schools in Houston
https://med.uth.edu/oep/scsc/standardized-patient-program/
https://health.tamu.edu/clrc/spp.html
https://www.bcm.edu/education/cores/simulation-core/standardized-patient-program
Books
- The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61214136-the-collected-regrets-of-clover_
- Strange Life of Ivan Osokin by P.D. Ouspensky
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/530905.Strange_Life_of_Ivan_Osokin
- The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50623864-the-invisible-life-of-addie-larue
- The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52578297-the-midnight-library*
- The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World by Max Fisher
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58950736-the-chaos-machine
- Torah on One Foot
"Torah on one foot" refers to the rabbinic teaching that summarizes the entire Torah with one core principle: "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbor: the rest is commentary. Go and learn it". This maxim, attributed to Rabbi Hillel, emphasizes the Golden Rule as the fundamental essence of Jewish law and life, suggesting that all other details and laws stem from this core ethical principle.
https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/689306/jewish/On-One-Foot.htm
- The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/171681821-the-anxious-generation
Film & TV
- Cost of Denial (NBC series)
https://www.nbcnews.com/cost-of-denial
- Monty Python's the Meaning of Life (1983)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085959/
- Ghost (1990)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099653/
- Deadwood (2004 - 2006)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348914/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_Deadwood%2520
- The Good Place (2016-2020)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4955642/?ref_=fn_t_1
- Run Lola Run (1998)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130827/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_Run%2520Lola%2520Run
- A History of Violence: Steven Pinker at TEDxNewEngland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjT4HlNJNgI
Misc
- Wisdom Years Program -- free program to navigate life's final chapters
https://mywiseyears.com/
-The British Museum exhibits on death and dying
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/galleries/living-and-dying
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/death-and-memory
- The Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead
- Australian Aboriginal memorial poles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_pole
- The Grand Egyptian Museum
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg4q403rpzo
- Death Doulas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_midwife
- Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs
https://www.costplusdrugs.com/
- Christopher Duntsch ("Dr. Death")
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Duntsch
- Claudia Sheinbaum free vision exams and glasses for children
https://mexicobusiness.news/health/news/claudia-sheinbaum-charts-new-direction-mexicos-healthcare
- Man found hanging and on fire under Houston freeway
https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/body-found-hanging-on-fire-610-north-loop-houston-texas/285-19726f68-0840-4cad-9ecc-52f722dd1787
- The Tower of London
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_London
- Mayan "sacrificial" ball games
https://www.livescience.com/65611-how-to-play-maya-ballgame.html
- "Day-tight compartments" by William Osler
https://www.medmastery.com/magazine/how-live-day-tight-compartments-and-why-you-should?srsltid=AfmBOooMmGXTtZC-a9t1M1yXz6BWuiA4h_HcKXy2HQprBle8nMmZCQWY
- Hello Mortal substack
https://hellomortal.substack.com/about
https://www.hellomortal.com/
Looking forward to the next time,
Stephanie